Podcast 19 part 1: Assessment Panel Live in Los Angeles

I am extremely excited to be sharing with you all my second live podcast series from the 45th National Adapted Physical Education Conference in California. This podcast discussion focused on assessment within APE. In this panel we had another all star panel filled with a variety of APE and assessment experts. Our panel included Dr. Lisa Silliman-French, an APE Professor at Texas Woman’s University and a former APE teacher and special education coordinator for 17 years; Dr. Barry Lavay, a professor in the Department of Kinesiology at California State University and author of the co-authored textbook Positive Behavior Management in Physical Activity Settings; Kathryn Russell a Special Education Administrator for Los Angeles County Office of Education and a former APE specialist; and Marci Pope a Co-Director for the Northern California Adapted Physical Education Consortium and a lecturer at California State University. 

     The podcast will be broken up into 3 separate episodes which each focus on a portion of assessment. This podcast focuses on why we need to assess in APE, what areas we need to assess, and the question of eligibility to receive APE. 

In addition, to hosting the panel on assessment at the National APE conference, I was able to do a presentation on how and why to create a podcast. Please Click Here to get the PowerPoint which was presented at the conference on how and why to create your very own podcast. 

Additional Resources on Assessment:

Texas's state APE manual gives guidelines on how to properly assess and service students with disabilities in a PE setting. Click Here to get a copy today of TAHPERD: Adapted physical education manual of best practices: Administrative guidelines and policies. (2nd ed.) from the authors Silliman-French, L. & Buswell, D. (2008).

The California Department of Education 2012 APE Guidelines are another excellent source of information on how to properly assess students and it also answers a lot of other questions related to APE, placement and service delivery. Click Here for the guidelines.